Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-15

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and his shot gun is heU led.
he new grocery firm OF Efskine 1
Baker began business to-day on Dougla
avenue. 1t ID composed Of q couple o
gentlemAn who will give sixteen ounce
to the pound with unfalllnR regularity
Mr.. Erskine has had long experience IL
this line in Yankton in the employ o
leading grocers.
Last evenings business mems meet
ing at Turner hall was very generally
attended and a uamber of manuisctus,
ing ana railroad propositions were dis
cossed and action taken thereon. Dur
ing the evening the hat was passed enc
q collection OF five hundred dollars fol
current expenses was taken up.
Bananas and oranges at Perkins.
A few dGys ago the Press and Dako-
talan called attention to the depreda-
tions OF a trio of highwaymen in the
neighborhood OF the Jim river bridge or
the Sioux Falls road. The notification
was UNDECIDED by the authorities ant
the highwaymen were permitted to con-
tinne operations. The result is that g
Finnoti, passing that wey Saturday
night, was confronted, held up sne
robbed of twenty-eight dollarR. 1t is
little singular that in this land of Law
and order such things go on unmolested
The funeral obsequies OF Mrs, I'D
Elliott, who died in Tyndall yesterday
occurred at e. L. Whites residence ii
Yankton at 8 p. N. to day. The remain
arrived at 2 p. M. overland, accompan
led by q large number of Tyndall res,
cents, who came to pay their last res
poets to the mamery of a lady whose lif
among them had been brief, but sufieiep,
ly long to endear the deceased to ever
heart in Tyndail, Rev. D. r. Bradle
oficiated, assisted by q choir consistln
of Mrs. Bradley. Mrs. q. NJ. Young, Pro
j. 7. Shaw, and D.. w. O. Tame
The house was filled wit
mourners and the bereaved family ha
every assurance of sympathy. After
short but impressive service the cortee
followed the deceased to the cemster
where the interment occurred amidl
tears and lamentations.
Judge l.. Congleton, the venerable
and highly respected probate judge
this county, is now sufficiently reoovere
from his illness to be gble to attend [
the dutiee of his office and althoug
his locke, he is in spirit as sprightly
ever and were 1t not for q waning in b
physical strength he would be indeed
young man. This morning Judf
Oongleton is converting with two al
quaintances said that to him scme inc
dents which have gone down in Il
archives of local history since 1887 a
rived we're very strange. NOW l W
taken ill more than a year ago, and n
daye thought to be numbered, but
still live, while several men muchy your
or. and to all appearances stronger a
resting in their graves. My years
Dakota, i think are to be increased b
several" SO may it be.
!. Fresh oysyters at Perkins.
Postmaster Farmer says that hereafi
: the postal law prohibiting advertiser
cards on the wrappers OF third o.
: fourth class mail matter will be rigid
ar enforced at hia office. Packas
= covered by q wrapper bearing the adv,
Using card of the sender will either
thrown out as unavailable or subject
to letter postage. The Law permits a
turn card on such wrappers and also
printed request to the postmaster at
Office of destination to notify the sen,
il the package is uncalled for, that
may send stamps for its return. But
You'd this nothing in the way of prinI
m information is permitted. For exsmp
it may be stated on such wrappers: 81
turn to John Smith, Yankton, Dako
P. M.-n not called for, please not
sender and give amount of postage
quired for its return. Merely this g
nothing more. Parties having wrapp
and labels printed can use them by CT
:. ceiling the superhuous words. This
does not apply to letters.
A new form of non-mineral afidsv
be to be used in ell land office cases VIII
on non-mineral efidavits are required b